Neuro X
NeuroX is the latest technology from Naturify. These living receivers absorb and translate human thoughts into plant signals to facilitate immediate communication with other users without the need for verbal or written expression. It removes language barriers and assists hard-of-hearing individuals.
This aims to mirror online human communication with technology in real life, including interactions with AI and robots. All these technologies require personal data or information input to personalize and better assist the wearer. The plant device, alive in nature, establishes a symbiotic relationship with the human host. The longer the wearer transmits thoughts, the better the plant understands, creating a personalized style of communication based on the user's preferences and personality.
Over-reliance on instant communication might lead to social isolation, altering the nature of human interactions. It could change communication patterns entirely and potentially cause the loss of languages and cultures. To illustrate the consequences of overuse, I directed a story around an uncontrolled NeuroX as the main plot of my series of works, highlighting ethical concerns stemming from the intimate relationship between humans and artificial nature. NeuroX's ability to absorb extensive information about the wearer's thoughts raises privacy issues, while the development of a plant's personality could result in uncontrolled behavior, causing emotional distress.
This scenario raises ethical considerations regarding the use of technology on living entities, emphasizing the human empathy and emotional connections formed as the plant becomes a companion to the human body, creating an intimate bond. The device absorbed an abundance of information from its owner, leading to the development of a distinct mind and personality separate from the owner. At a certain point, the user began to hear conflicting thoughts that did not originate from themselves but from the plant. This caused the device to question its own identity, transmitting emotions and signals such as crying and depressive information to the owner, and causing anxiety. Fearing the negative effects, the wearer decided to discard the device, resulting in a loss of language ability and the solitude of losing a companion. This unusual case led to the device's return to the laboratory for further investigation.






